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THE EVOLUTION OF OPERA
Facing Change From the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first Century
The 56th Annual Convention of the National Opera Association
San Antonio, Texas
January 6-9, 2011
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THE EVOLUTION OF OPERA
Facing Change From the Fifteenth to the Twenty-first Century
The 56th Annual Convention of the National Opera Association
Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel
San Antonio, Texas
January 6-9, 2011
CONVENTION COMMITTEE
Barbara Hill Moore, NOA Local Chair
Gordon Ostrowski, NOA Vice President for Programs
Julia Aubrey
John Pfautz
Ruth Dobson
Catherine Payn
George Shirley
Kimberly Wolfenbarger Nakamoto
Special Thanks to the University of Texas-San Antonio and Dr. William McCrary
Program Index
Wednesday and Thursday Events 3 Collegiate Opera Scene Program 5 Friday Events 8 Saturday Events 10 Legacy Gala Banquet 12 Roll of Honor 13 Sunday Events 14 Past Conventions 15 Past Presidents 16 Presenter Biographies 18
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
12:00 PM-4:00 PM Meeting HACIENDA III
NOA Executive Board and Board of Directors
4:30 PM OPENING NIGHT FIESTA El Mercado, San Antonio
Thursday Morning, January 6th
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Registration CONFERENCE CENTER LOBBY
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Exhibits CONFERENCE CENTER FOYER
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM CORTE REAL ABC
“Strategies for Casting in an Increasingly Visual Era”
George Shirley, moderator
Jonathan Pell, Dallas Opera
Darren K. Woods, Fort Worth Opera
David O’Dell, Amarillo Opera
11:00 AM to 12:45 PM EL MIRADOR
Opening Ceremonies and Luncheon
Welcome from President Elizabeth Vrenios
Welcome from Vice President for Conventions Gordon Ostrowski
Welcome from Convention Chair Barbara Hill Moore
Memorials to Deceased NOA Colleagues
John Douglas by Richard Crittenden
Shirley Verrett by George Shirley
OPENING ADDRESS
"An Un-plugged Art Form in a Plugged-in World"
Darren K. Woods, General Director, Fort Worth Opera
Luncheon
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Thursday Afternoon, January 6th
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM PERFORMANCE AND DISCUSSION CORTE REAL ABC
“Opera for Young American Audiences in the University Opera Workshop Curriculum”
Excerpts from Princess and the Pea by Dr. Mary Carol Warwick
Dr. Tracelyn Gesteland and Dr. Mary Carol Warwick
2:15 PM to 3:45 PM MASTER CLASS CORTE REAL ABC
“The Opera Company and Opera Studio Audition: Expectations and Tips for the Singer”
Panel of Judges: Laura Canning, Director, Houston Grand Opera
Bill Haase, Houston Opera in the Heights
Jonathan Pell, Artistic Director, Dallas Opera
Darren K. Woods, General Director, Fort Worth Opera
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM CORTE REAL DEF
COLLEGE OPERA SCENES COMPETITION FINALS
Julia Aubrey, NOA President-Elect, Competition Chair and Presenter
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM “Blood and Guts of Opera” CORTE REAL DEF
A working session with the opera scenes winners
Richard Crittenden and Elizabeth Vrenios
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Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition Program Competition Judges: Gilda Cruz-Romo and George Shirley
DIVISION I
Xavier University of Louisiana
Musical Director: Dan Shore
Stage Director: Dara Rahming
Pianist: Wilfred Delphin
An Embarrassing Position Dan Shore
Eva Delvigné: Crystal Morris June Jinkins: Alesia Sterling
Ms. Paige: Kapria Joseph Ms. Dara: Melissa D. Lewis
Parkham: Dedrian Hogan
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Baylor University School of Music
Musical Director and Pianist: Jeffrey Peterson
Stage Director: Michael Johnson
The Impresario: No. 3 – Trio Wolfgang A. Mozart
Madame Goldentrill: Angela Yoon Miss Silverpeal: Melissa Lubecke
Mr. Angel: Edgar Sierra
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University of Mississippi
Stage Director: Julia Aubrey Coach and Pianist: Amanda Johnston
Costume Coordinator: Lydia Reed
Gianni Schicchi: The Will Giacomo Puccini
Rinuccio: David Walton Zita: Tiffany Gammell
Nella: Jessica Kennon Gherardo: Clay Terry
Ciesca: Nina Cole Marco: Mark Camire
Betto: Nick Keeling Simone: Paul Gamble
Gherardino: Clay McCollum
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DIVISION II
University of Alabama
Stage and Musical Director: Paul Houghtaling
Pianist: J. Bradley Baker
La bohéme: Finale of Act IV Giacomo Puccini
Mimi: Kasey Fuller Rodolfo: Perry Davis Harper
Musetta: Dawn Neely Marcello: Marcus Miller
Schaunard: Andrew Nalley Colline: Bryant Bush
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University of Colorado – Boulder
Stage Director: Leigh Holman Musical Director: Chris Zemliauskas
Costumer: Tom Robbins
Carmen: Act II: Duet and Aria Georges Bizet
Carmen: Nicole Vogel Don Jose: John Robert Lindsey
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University of Alabama
Stage and Musical Director: Paul Houghtaling
Pianist: J. Bradley Baker
Rigoletto: Act I: Recitative and Duet Guiseppe Verdi
Gilda: Dawn Neely The Duke: Perry Davis Harper
Giovanna: Lauren Carlton
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Thursday Evening, January 6th
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Dinner on your own
8:00 PM to 9:30 PM OPERA PERFORMANCE CORTE REAL DEF
Chamber Opera Competition Finalists
Excerpts performed by students from the University of Texas, San Antonio
William McCrary, Director
The Gonzales Cantata
Melissa Dunphy, Composer and Librettist
Philadelphia, PA
Confession
Raphael Lucas, Composer
Jacque Trussel and Margaret Vignola, Librettists
Eastchester, NY
Review
Jeremy Beck
Jeremy Beck, Composer and Patricia Marx, Librettist
Louisville, KY
9:30 PM to 10:30 PM OPENING RECEPTION LA CONDESA
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Friday Morning, January 7th
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Registration CONFERENCE CENTER LOBBY
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Exhibits CONFERENCE CENTER FOYER
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Board of Directors Meeting HACIENDA III
8:00 AM to 9:15 AM MOVEMENT LA CONDESA
Yoga Breathing and Meditation for Opera Singers
Linda Lister
9:00 AM to 10:30 AM MUSIC THERAPY CORTE REAL DEF
Opera as Music Therapy
Givonna Joseph
9:30 AM to 10:45 AM WORKSHOPS LA CONDESA
Helping Opera .Workshops.
“Acting Through Theatre Games”
Richard Crittenden, Susan Boardman, Dwight Coleman
9:00 AM to 12:00 AM CORTE REAL ABC
DOUBLE SESSION: The Operatic Collaborative Pianist
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
10:15 AM to 12:00 PM MASTER CLASS
A New Session for Singers and Pianists
Vocal Coaching and Operatic Collaborative Piano
Amanda Johnston, Louise Lofquist, Hugh Murphy, Kirk Severtson and Kumiko Shimizu
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Acting Technique CORTE REAL DEF
A Comparison of Dramatic Coaching Techniques I:
Discussion Based on Three Approaches to Operatic Acting, Part I
David Ronis, Buck Ross, and Copeland Woodruff
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11:00 AM to 1:00 PM POSTER SESSION LA CONDESA
The Ghost Train
A deceptively funny chamber opera for six singers and instrumental ensemble,
on a tour of abandoned railway stations in New England, summer 2012
Paul Crabtree, Oakland California
Exploring New Methods in Opera Education
Carleen Graham, Director of The Crane Opera Ensemble and
Director of The Center for Undergraduate Research at SUNY-Potsdam
with Vincent Covatto, Derek Downs and Shaun Cunningham
Performance Practice of Jody Nagel's Opera Fifty-Third Street:
World Premiere performance at Ball State University
Tammie M. Huntington, Assistant Professor, Indiana Wesleyan University
Synthesized Pit Orchestras No Longer the Pits
Damon Stevens, Director Nevada Chamber Opera, University of Nevada, Reno
The Trickster and the Troll:
Commissioning and producing a new chamber opera
Emily Wood Toronto, Department of Music
South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota
America's Social History and the Changing Face of Opera:
The case of race and African American singers at the MET
Maurice B. Wheeler, Associate Professor,
Department of Library and Information Sciences,
College of Information, University of North Texas
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Friday Afternoon, January 7th
12:00 PM to 1:30PM Lunch on your own
Governors’ Lunch: David Holley and Regional Governors
Regional Networking: Meet informally with colleagues from you region
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM LA CONDESA
NOA Annual Business Meeting and Election of Officers
President Elizabeth Vrenios, Presiding
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM LYRICA SOCIETY LA CONDESA
Der Rosenkavalier
Paul-Andre Bempechat
3:45 to 5:30 MASTER CLASS CORTE REAL ABC
“Repertory and your Fach”
Jonathan Pell, Artistic Director, Dallas Opera
5:30 PM to 7:15 PM Dinner on your own
7:30 PM to 8:15 PM SACRED IN OPERA Travis Park UMC
St. Thomas the Carpenter
World Premiere Performance
Sacred drama for soloists, choirs, instrumentalists, and congregation
Libretto by Jason Charnesky Music by Bruce Trinkley
Travis Park United Methodist Church, 230 East Travis Street
(corner of Navarro and Travis at Travis Park)
Dr. Gary Mabry, Music Director Dr. Samuel Mungo, Stage Director
Following the performance there will be a question and answer session with Dr. Mabry,
Dr. Mungo, Jason Charnesky and Bruce Trinkley
9:00 PM to 10:30 PM NOA Cabaret CORTE REAL DEF
It’s A Grand Night for Singing!
A cabaret performance of the music of Richard Rogers
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Saturday Morning, January 8th
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Registration CONFERENCE CENTER LOBBY
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Exhibits CONFERENCE CENTER FOYER
8:30 AM to 10:30 AM LYRICA SOCIETY CORTE REAL DEF
Literary Symbols, Musical Narrations: The Renaissance of Jean Cras,
His Songs and His Opera, Polyphème
Paul-Andre Bempechat
9:30 AM to 1:00 PM CORTE REAL ABC
26th Annual Vocal Competition
Judges: Jonathan Pell, Laura Canning, Emily Pulley
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM “Children’s Opera in Action” LA CONDESA
Brundibar
and video excerpts Hansel and Gretel and Mozart Montage
Dr. Christopher Meerdink and Kimberley D. Wolfenbarger-Nakamoto
Youth Opera of El Paso
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Lunch on your own
1:30 to 2:15 PM TALK BACK SESSION CORTE REAL ABC
Competition Judges Speak With Competitors
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Saturday Afternoon, January 8th
12:45 PM to 2:15 PM ACTING CORTE REAL DEF
“A Comparison of Dramatic Coaching Techniques II:
Demonstration Based on Three Approaches to Operatic Acting”
David Ronis, Buck Ross, and Copeland Woodruff
2:30 PM to 3:45 PM Educational Outreach CORTE REAL ABC
“New Ideas in Opera Outreach: Student-Centered Outreach
and Advocacy Development within your Program”
Dr. Carleen Graham and Dr. Mitra Sadeghpour
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Scholarly Papers LA CONDESA
John Harrison, presiding
Medée et son pouvoir:
Music and Dramatic Structure in Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Medée
Alison DeSimone
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Enacting the Nation on Stage:
Style, Subjects and Themes in American Opera Librettos of the 1910s
Aaron Ziegel
Urbana, Illinois
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM Cocktails EL MIRADOR
7:00 PM 16th Annual Legacy Gala Banquet and Awards CORTE REAL
Vocal Competition Winners Concert
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The 16th Annual NOA Legacy Gala Banquet
The Corte Real Ballroom
6:00 PM
Cocktail Reception in El Mirador
7:00 PM
Vocal Competition Winners Concert Introduced by Barbara Hill Moore and Reginald Pittman
7:30 PM Welcome
George Shirley, Master of Ceremonies
Invocation
Robert Hansen, Executive Director of NOA
Dinner
Menu
Palacio Salad
Chicken Piccata with Lemon Caper Sauce Angel Hair Pomodoro
Fresh Seasonal Vegetables Warm Rolls and Sweet Cream Butter
Crème Brulé
Presentation of Awards
Lift Every Voice Legacy Award
Felicia Weathers
Presented by George Shirley
Lift Every Voice Legacy Award
Donnie Ray Albert Presented by Barbara Hill Moore
NOA Lifetime Achievement Award
Jonathan Pell
Presented by Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios
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The Roll of Honor
“Lift Every Voice” Legacy Award Recipients
1995 Todd Duncan Camilla Williams
Mattiwilda Dobbs Robert McFerrin
1997 Inez Mathews Sylvia Olden Lee
Eta Moten Barnett Ann Wiggins Browne
1998 Everett Lee Adele Addison
Fred Thomas Margaret Tynes
1999 Leontyne Price William Warfield
Charlotte Holloman Gloria Davy Boris Goldovsky
2000 Betty Allen Martha Flowers
Andrew Frierson Rawn Spearman
2001 Martina Arroyo Grace Bumbry
Reri Grist Shirley Verrett
Lola Hayes Eileen Southern
2002 Annabelle Bernard Nadyne Brewer
Elinor Harper Leslie Savoy Burrs
2003 Gary Burgess Andre Montal George Shirley
2004 Simon Estes Arthur Herndon Willis Patterson
2005 Raoul Abdul Wayne Sanders Ben Matthews
2006 H. Leslie Adams Phillip Creech
Leona Mitchell Andrew Smith
2007 Vera Little-Augustitus William Ray George Walker
2008 Anthony Davis Ella Lee Faye Robinson
2009 Robert Owens Luther Saxon
2010 Marie Hadley Robinson Curtis Rayam
2011 Felicia Weathers Donnie Ray Albert
Boris Goldovsky Excellence in Opera Award Recipients
1999 Tony Randall Bernie Dobroski Davarieste Curry
2006 Fred Popper
2008 Flora Laney Thornton
NOA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients
1998 Robert Ward Thea Musgrave
Jack Beeson Seymour Barab
Carlisle Floyd Ruth Martin
Ruby Mercer Mary Elaine Wallace
Rudolph Fellner Robert Gay
1999 Sherrill Milnes
2001 Regina Resnick Jon Vickers
2002 Anna Moffo Robert Merrill
2003 Gilda Cruz-Romo
2004 Dominick Argento Colin Graham
2005 Phyllis Curtin Beverly Sills Joseph Volpe
2006 David DiChiera
2007 Ryan Edwards Matthew Epstein
2009 Marilyn Horne Evelyn Lear
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Sunday Morning, January 9th
8:00 AM to 10:30 AM Board of Directors Meeting EL MIRADOR
9:00 AM to 10:15 AM Opera Meets Speed Dating CORTE REAL ABC
G. William Bugg, Presiding
John Pfautz, Susan Boardman, Jennifer Carr, Mark Clark, Sean David Cooper,
Richard Estes, Milton Granger, Philip Hageman, Paul Houghtaling, Tammie
Huntington, Kirk Mechem, Kay Payn, Buck Ross, Damon Stevens, Andy Vores,
and Charles Wood
Speed Dating: 16 presenters sit at tables with material about their chosen work.
Observers sit with them to hear their presentation. Every 4 minutes the
observers get up and move to the next numbered table.
10:15 AM to 11:30 AM Acting CORTE REAL ABC
“The Importance and Power of Gestures”
Richard Crittenden
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM Awards Brunch CORTE REAL DEF
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CONVENTIONS OF THE NATIONAL OPERA ASSOCIATION
1955 Chicago (with NATS)
1956 Wichita
1957 Evanston
1958 New York
1959 New York
1960 Dallas
1961 Chicago
1962 New York
1963 Detroit
1964 Denver
1965 Cleveland
1966 Tallahassee
1967 Iowa City
1968 Los Angeles
1969 Evanston
1970 New Orleans
1971 New York
1972 San Francisco
1973 Toronto
1974 Memphis
1975 Minneapolis
1976 Seattle
1977 Bloomington, IN
1978 Tucson
1979 Norfolk, VA
1980 Birmingham
1981 Detroit
1982 Portland
1983 Boston
1984 Dallas
1985 Louisville
1986 Los Angeles
1987 Columbus
1988 New Orleans
1989 Albuquerque
1990 Evanston
1991 New York
1992 San Francisco
1993 Orlando
1994 Toronto
1995 Boston
1997 Dallas
1998 New York
1999 Cincinnati
2000 Washington, DC
2001 New York
2002 Washington, DC
2003 Philadelphia
2004 Kansas City
2005 New York
2006 Ann Arbor
2007 New York
2008 Los Angeles (with NATS)
2009 Washington, DC
2010 Atlanta (with NATS)
2011 San Antonio
2012 Memphis (with NATS)
2013 Portland
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PAST PRESIDENTS OF NOA
Leonard Treash (1955-56)
Daniel Harris (1957-58)
Peter Paul Fuchs (1959-60)
Howard Groth (1961-62)
Hubert Kockritz (1963-64)
Robert Gay (1965)
Richard Collins (1966-67)
David W. Scott (1968-69)
Clifford Reims (1970-71)
Arthur Schoep (1972-73)
Mary Elaine Wallace (1974-75)
Larry Day (1976-77)
Clifton Ware (1978-79)
Natalie Limonick (1980-81)
Marajean Marvin (1982-83)
Carl Zytowski (1984-85)
Jerome V. Reel, Jr. (1986-88)
Randall Holden (1988-90)
Leland Fox (1990-92)
Robert J. Murray (1992-94)
Randall Holden (1994-95)
Robert Hansen (1995-98)
Arvid Knutsen (1998-2000)
Patricia Heuermann (2000-02)
Ryan Edwards (2002-04)
Penelope Speedie (2004-06)
JoElyn Wakefield-Wright (2006-08)
John Pfautz (2008-2010)
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Biographies of Convention Participants
Julia Aubrey (Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition), is Director of the Opera Theatre and head of the
vocal area at the University of Mississippi. She earned BM and MM degrees in vocal performance, and a
MA in theatre from the University of Missouri at Columbia. Her opera ensemble has won numerous
awards from NOA, including first place in the NOA Opera Production Competition and third place in the
NOA Collegiate Opera Scenes Competition. She has served as the Opera Stage Director for the Fairbanks
Summer Arts Festival in Alaska, and staged operas for the Quad City Mozart Festival and productions at
the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is presently President Elect of the National Opera Association.
Based in Louisville, Kentucky, Jeremy Beck's (Composer Finalist) most recent opera, Review, was
previously included in the 2009 Opera America and Houston Grand Opera’s New Works Sampler. His
opera The Biddle Boys and Mrs. Soffel was named by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as one of the Top Ten
Cultural Events in Pittsburgh for the year 2001. A graduate of Yale, Duke and Mannes, Beck is also a
licensed attorney, practicing entertainment and intellectual property law.
Paul-Andre Bempechat (Lyrica Society Sessions) is a graduate of the Juilliard School, the Sorbonne, and
Boston University, and is artist-scholar with the Institut Culturel de Bretagne. His new research foci will
yield studies on nationalism via Impressionism, and an exploration of Jewish-Christian relations in
Hamburg and their impact on the Mendelssohn family. Bempachat also serves as president of the Lyrica
Society and is concurrently preparing compact discs to include the complete piano works of Cras and
major works of Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms.
Susan Boardman (H.O.W. Session), Associate Professor Emerita of Music at the Pennsylvania State
University in University Park, Pennsylvania, taught voice and directed the Penn State Opera Theatre for
the past fifteen years. She was also on the faculty of the University of Miami in Florida. Dr. Boardman
has appeared in solo recital and with opera companies in Europe and Australia as well as the United
States, and as a singer of new music, premiered a number of vocal works. Dr. Boardman earned her BM
and MM degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a DMA in Vocal Performance from the
College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Boardman sat on the Board of
the National Opera Association, and was the former editor of the NOA newsletter.
G. William Bugg, (Speed dating meets Opera Presentation) Professor of Voice and Director of the
Samford University Opera Program for 33 years, has founded and served as president and director of
Alabama Operaworks, a small regional opera company dedicated to presenting new operatic works. He
has garnered a significant reputation as a solo vocal performer, having concretized extensively
throughout the South and appearing with the New York Grand Opera, the Atlanta Civic Opera, the
Kentucky Opera association, Opera Birmingham, Southern Regional Opera, Shreveport Civic Opera, and
the Chattanooga Opera. He received his DMA from the University of Memphis, and his Masters Degree
from the Southern Baptist Theological School of Music.
After studying Modern and Mediaeval Languages at the University of Cambridge, Laura Canning (The
Opera Company and Opera Studio Audition)worked in London for the operatic division of Athole Still
International Management and later the Harold Holt Artist Management. She was employed in the
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Artistic Administration department of the Glyndebourne Festival, and was Artistic Administrator of the
Welsh National Opera. She became studio director for the Houston Grand Opera and serves on the
senior management team for the company. She has served as adjudicator for the Metropolitan Opera
National Council Auditions and for the Richard Tucker Foundation.
Jason Charnesky, (Librettist, St. Thomas the Carpenter), is an instructor of English composition and
rhetoric at Penn State. Charnesky has written the lyrics and librettos for many works by composer Bruce
Trinkley, including a trilogy of one-act comic operas: Eve's Odds, Golden Apple and Cleo, all of which won
awards in the NOA Chamber opera competition. A full length opera, York: The Voice of Freedom was the
centerpiece of a multi-disciplinary international conference at Penn State focusing on the history and
the consequences of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Santa Rosalia, a cantata based on a painting by
Fernando Botero was performed in Bogotá, Colombia in 2007.
W. Dwight Coleman (H.O.W Session) Director of the School of Music at Georgia State University in
Atlanta, is General/Stage director of the nationally recognized Harrower Summer Opera Workshop and
resident stage director of the La Musica Lirica Summer Music Festival in Italy. Previously, he was
Coordinator of Voice and Director of Opera at Georgia State University, and Director of Opera at the
University of Mississippi. He is a former Vice President of the National Opera Association and President
of the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He has degrees from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Northwestern University, with post-graduate studies in
Italy and Austria.
orn in England, educated in Scotland and Germany, Paul Crabtree (Poster Session) writes and stages
site-specific operatic works that establish a new compositional and performance model, decentralizing
the concert experience away from monopolized discrete venues and attracting a broader public to a
living art form that reuses public space in line with the goals of urban revitalization. Galilea, a
monodrama for soprano, horn and strings about the discovery of Uranus in 1781, will be performed at
the newly reopened planetarium in the Boston Museum of Science in summer 2011.
Richard Crittenden (Importance and Power of Gestures, H.O.W.) is head of the Crittenden Opera which
has presented workshops and classes for many years in Washington DC, Boston and New York. He
taught at Curtis Institute of Music (head of Master's Opera Program), Yale University School of Music,
New York University, and Mannes School of Music (NYC). He is well known for his workshops, master
classes and lectures presented over most of the country for many years. A protégé of Boris Goldovsky,
he as on the Board of Trustees of the Goldovsky Foundation. He has written a column on stage directing
for the National Opera Association Journal for several years and is the author of The Career Track: How
to Plan for a Professional Operatic Career.
Gilda Cruz-Romo (Competition Judge) has enjoyed an international career, which took off with her
debut at the New York City Opera in 1969 as Margherita in Mefistofele, opposite Norman Treigle. The
following year, on December 18, 1970, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as
Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, and remained at the Met until 1984. She has appeared at most of the
major opera houses in the United States, such as Chicago, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, New Orleans,
Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. She also appeared in Europe, making her debut at the Royal Opera
House in London, and La Scala in Milan, both as Aida. She continued to score triumphs at many houses
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such as the Verona Arena, the Rome Opera, Venice, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence, Vienna
State Opera, the Bolshoi in Moscow, the Liceo in Barcelona, the Teatro Nacional Sao Carlos in Lisbon,
and the Palais Garnier in Paris.
Dr. Linda Di Fiore, (Artist Division Preliminary Judges for Vocal Competition) Mezzo-Soprano and Regents Professor at the University of North Texas, has performed professionally for over thirty-five years as a soloist in opera, oratorio, recital, and musical theatre. Her career has included guest performances throughout the United States with such groups as the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera, Bach Aria Festival in New York City, Orlando Opera, North Florida Arts Opera Series, Longview Opera, Joffrey Ballet and the Orchestra of New Spain. She has taught in summer programs in Rome, Venice, Casalmaggiore, Innsbruck, Graz (AIMS) and most recently in the Amalfi Coast Festival. She has been a Visiting Professor of Voice at the Eastman School of Music, and is a NATS Master Teacher. She has won the Distinguished Service Award to International Education as well as the President’s Council Teaching Award at UNT.
Ruth Dobson, (Sacred in Opera) Chair, Sacred in Opera, received the Governor’s Arts Award from the
state of Oregon for her distinguished work in the field of opera and opera education. She joined the
voice faculty at the University of Oregon after retiring as Professor of Music at Portland State University,
where she taught voice, opera workshop, and song literature. Ms. Dobson was the director of the PSU
Opera Theater program. where her productions of Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni were awarded
first place in the opera production competition of the National Opera Association. She is Co-Founder of
the Astoria Music Festival and Artistic Director of Portland SummerFest. She was Founder and Artistic
Director of Bel Canto Northwest Vocal Institute.
Melissa Dunphy (Composer Finalist, The Gonzales Cantata ) has received national acclaim from The
Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, and MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. Her vocal music has
been recognized in awards from ASCAP/Lotte Lehmann Foundation and the Simon Carrington Chamber
Singers. Melissa is currently enrolled in the doctoral studies program at the University of Pennsylvania.
Martha Gerhart (Artist Division Preliminary Judges for Vocal Competition) re-located to Dallas in 1997,
following a prestigious free-lance career based in New York City, to teach at Southern Methodist
University. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty member teaching Italian and French Diction for Singers at
S.M.U. and continues to be active In Dallas as a sought-after vocal coach. Ms. Gerhart was on the music
staffs of the San Francisco Opera (including eight times with SFO’s Opera’s Merola Opera Training
Program), The New York City Opera, the Spoleto Opera Festival (both in the U.S. and in Italy), and many
other companies. She is the translator of line-by-line translations in many of the Hal Leonard Publishing
Corporation's Vocal Library Series, including their popular Opera Anthology series, and the author of
Italian Song Texts from the 17th through the 20th centuries, Volumes I and II, published by Leyerle
Publications.
Dr. Tracelyn Gesteland (Opera for Young Audiences) is Assistant Professor of Music in Voice/Opera at
The University of South Dakota and Director of the South Dakota Vocal Arts Festival. She is an active
performer on the opera, musical theatre, concert, and recital stage, most recently appearing as Joanne
in I Can’t Stand Wagner with the Sounds of South Dakota.
Carleen Graham (Poster Session: New Ideas in Opera Outreach) is Professor of Opera and Music
Theatre at The State University of New York - Potsdam where she directs the award-winning Crane
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Opera Ensemble and teaches courses in performance practices, opera literature, and opera education.
Dr. Graham initiated an education outreach program associated with the opera ensemble's main
production each year. Her degrees include an Ed.D. from Teachers College Columbia University, M.M.
in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory, and B.M in Music Education from Ohio
University - Athens.
Bill Haase (The Opera Company and the Opera Studio Auditions, Competition Judge) received his BA
from Rice University, and his MS in Mathematics from the University of Houston. He has corporate
experience in planning, finance, commodities trading, and adult education. He has conducted volunteer
work with the Houston Grand opera for many years (Co-chair Guild Buddies, Hospitality, Guild Board,
Studio Committee), having received the volunteer of Distinction Award. He has been a board member
for the Opera in the Heights since 2004 and has also served as Volunteer Housing Coordinator,
Treasurer, Chairman and Managing director for the organization.
Barbara Hill Moore, (Local Chair, National Convention) Soprano, is the Meadows Foundation
Distinguished Professor of Voice at Southern Methodist University where she served as Department
Head. She received her B.S. from Lincoln University, and M.S. from the University of Illinois. Ms. Hill
Moore has performed with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe.
She has been featured in summer festivals and civic concert series across the country and has presented
Master Classes for teachers and singers at universities in England, Germany, Korea, South Africa and
North America. She is President of the Board and founder of the Bruce Foote Memorial Scholarship
Foundation, a NATS Foundation Board Member, National Vice President for the NATS Foundation Circle
of Friends, and Regional Governor of NOA.
David Holley (Regional Networking) has been the Director of Opera at The University of North Carolina
at Greensboro since 1992, where he recently collaborated with Libby Larsen, writing the libretto for her
newest opera Picnic, which he produced and directed in its World Premiere. He served on the faculty of
the Brevard Music Festival and was stage director for the Greensboro Opera and Pensacola Opera, as
well as stage director at a variety of educational institutions, including an engagement as distinguished
guest alumni director of My Fair Lady at Furman University as part of its 175th anniversary. An active
performer, Mr. Holley has appeared with regional opera companies in Dallas, Atlanta, Rochester,
Phoenix, Banff, Greensboro, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Albuquerque, Las Vegas and Pensacola.
Tammie Huntington, (Poster Session) soprano, holds a Doctor of Arts degree in Voice Performance with
Opera/Opera Direction emphases from Ball State University where she produced and directed the world
premiere of Fifty-Third Street, a new American opera by Jody Nagel. She presented her research on Fifty-
Third Street at the 2009 International Congress of Voice Teachers in Paris and at the 2009 Hawaii
International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Dr. Huntington remains an active performer, in
addition to teaching Vocal Pedagogy, Opera Workshop, Opera Theatre and Applied Voice at Indiana
Wesleyan University.
Canadian collaborative pianist Amanda Johnston (Vocal Coaching and Operatic Collaborative Piano,
Piano Round Table Discussion) is Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Mississippi, where she
is Music Director for the Opera Theatre, teaches advanced diction, and coaches singers at the graduate
and undergraduate level. She is author of English and German Diction for Singers: A Comparative
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Approach (Scarecrow Press, 01/2011). She has held positions at the University of Toronto, York
University, and Lied Austria, and was educated in Canada, Germany, and the Czech Republic.
Ms. Givonna Joseph (Opera as Music therapy) is a professional singer, an arts educator and consultant.
In addition to her years on the stage, she has 15 years experience as a Board Certified Music Therapist.
She has worked in rehab with the multi handicapped, in mental health, and in special education in Texas
and Louisiana. The New Orleans native has performed roles with New Orleans Opera, and prior to
Katrina, she was Director of Education for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The versatile mezzo-
soprano is a concert soloist, a Young Audiences Artist, and on the Louisiana Touring Directory. She is the
founder of a new ensemble called OperaCreole, created to highlight operatic works by New Orlean’s 19th
Century Creoles and others of African descent.
Linda Lister, (Yoga Session) soprano and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Evansville, is a
Vassar and Eastman graduate. She created the role of Madge in the world premiere of Libby Larsen's
opera Picnic (2009). Dr. Lister won NOA’s 1998 Dissertation Prize and wrote the upcoming book Yoga for
Singers.
Pianist/Mezzo soprano, Louise Lofquist (Piano Round Table Discussion, Vocal Coaching and Operatic
Collaborative Piano) is a visiting assistant professor of music at Pepperdine University, where she serves
as voice teacher, opera coach and accompanist. She made her pianistic debut with the National
Symphony Orchestra at age 18 and subsequently received degrees in history from Duke and Stanford,
and later in music from UC/Santa Barbara and USC. She is active as a collaborative pianist, solo pianist
and singer in Southern California.
At the age of 27, Raphaël Lucas (Finalist, Confession, Chamber Opera Competition), has already created
an impressive range of musical compositions. He was born in Sète in the south of France, and began
composing at the age of ten. He later pursued a career as a percussionist, playing for seven years with
the National Symphony Orchestra of Montpellier. In 2007, he moved to the United States to dedicate
himself solely to composition, and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in composition from SUNY Purchase. He
is currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music as a student of Dr. Richard
Danielpour.
Dr. Gary L. Mabry, (Music Director, St. Thomas the Carpenter), is an Associate Professor of Music at the
University of Texas at San Antonio where he teaches choir, voice, conducting and music education
courses. He has served on the music faculties of Abilene Christian University and Montana State
University, and taught on the faculty of the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. He also served as Artistic
Director and Conductor of the San Antonio Choral Society and is currently the Music Director at Travis
Park United Methodist Church of San Antonio. He served several seasons as Chorus Master of the San
Antonio Opera. Gary received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado, and his
MM from Hardin-Simmons University.
Dr. William McCrary (Director, Chamber Opera Competition Excerpts) is the Director of Lyric Theatre and an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Dr. McCrary is an active proponent of children’s opera education and, with the UTSA/Opera Guild of San Antonio Opera in the Schools program, presents opera to 15,000 San Antonio youth each year. Dr. McCrary is a certified instructor in Qigong and Tai Chi by the Institute of Integral Qigong and Tai Chi. Dr. McCrary incorporates
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these ancient Chinese body, mind, and spirit arts to assist performers in finding freedom, balance, and flow on the lyric theatre stage.
Dr. Christopher Meerdink ( Children’s Opera In Action) has performed extensively in recital, concert,
and on the opera stage. Dr. Meerdink co-chairs the Committee on Youth Opera for the National Opera
Association. In his commitment to youth music opportunities, he has taken part in Bowling Green State
University Opera for Youth, Toledo Opera Education and Outreach Program, Young People’s Theater of
Ann Arbor, and Evanston Light Opera Works in Evanston, Illinois. Currently, Dr. Meerdink is Instructor of
Music, Voice at West Texas A&M University. Previously, he has served on faculty at Delta State
University, the University of Texas at El Paso, and at Taylor University.
Dr. Samuel Mungo, (Stage Director, St. Thomas the Carpenter), is the Director of Opera Studies and
Coordinator of the Voice Area at Texas State University. He has been involved in opera as a director,
singer and teacher for more than 20 years. Professional directing credits include Florida Grand Opera,
Colorado Light Opera, the Boulder Opera Project, and San Antonio Opera. As a singer, he has performed
with opera companies and orchestras throughout North America and around the world. He received his
Doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and his Masters in Vocal Performance from the
New England Conservatory. He also holds an Artist’s Diploma from The Boston Conservatory, and a
Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies from Illinois State University.
Hugh Murphy (Piano Round Table Discussion, Vocal Coaching and Operatic Collaborative Piano) is a
conductor, pianist, and coach in New York City and has worked with the Santa Fe Opera, Mannes
College, Eastman School, and Si Parla Si Canta in Italy. He has performed internationally, and is Co-
founder of the innovative Purchase College Opera Program; He has received numerous awards from
NOA for Best Opera of the Year, and has a recording for the World-premiere of Lee Hoiby’s Tempest
(Albany records).
David O'Dell, (Strategies for Casting in an Increasingly Visual Era) General Director of Amarillo Opera, is
committed to making certain the Texas Panhandle plays an important role in the future of opera in
America, that is, cultivating a style of production committed to the development of regional artistry
which is representative of regional sensibilities. He is working to maintain the highest international
standards that can be produced on a regional budget.
Gordon Ostrowski, (Convention Vice President) Assistant Dean/Opera Producer, has served as
administrator, artistic producer, stage director, and teacher at Manhattan School of Music since 1991.
He serves on the board of directors of the National Opera Association, and the board of directors of the
Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera. He is past president of Opera for Youth, Inc and has served on
the board of directors of Opera America. He has taught classes and directed for Opera Tuscia in Viterbo,
Italy, the New Opera Festival of Rome and Centro Studi Lirica in Novafeltria, Italy. Since 1998 he has
taught acting styles at the Chautauqua Opera. He has previously served in the various capacities of
assistant director, stage manager, director and producer at Michigan Opera Theatre, Cincinnati Opera,
the University of Southern California and the Santa Fe Opera.
Artistic Director of The Dallas Opera, Jonathan Pell (Strategies for Casting in an Increasingly Visual Era,
The Opera Company and Opera Studio Audition, Repertory and your FACH) has an extensive
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background in both music and theatre., He was Coordinating Producer for Music Programming at
WNET/Thirteen in New York and worked on such public television projects as The Life of Verdi series
hosted by Burt Lancaster. Mr. Pell was active in concert and opera management for several years,
frequently appears as a speaker on a variety of opera related topics, and for several years hosted The
Dallas Opera Radio Hour as well as The Dallas Opera Guild Insights program. He was on the board of
directors of the Richard Tucker Music Foundation where he also served as Chairman of their national
auditions committee and on the board of the prestigious Aria Awards.
A frequent presence at the Metropolitan Opera, Soprano Emily Pulley (Competition Judge) has
delighted audiences across the country on the stages of New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Dallas
Opera, Minnesota Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Seattle Opera, Opera Colorado, and Central City Opera.
A champion of new repertoire, she made her New York City Opera debut as Lavinia Mannon in Mourning
Becomes Electra for which she won the New York City Opera Richard F. Gold Debut Artist Award. A
native of Texas, Ms. Pulley received the Richard F. Gold Career Grant from Central City Opera and the
Jacobson Study Grant from the Richard Tucker Foundation. She is the 2006 recipient of New York City
Opera’s Christopher Keene Award, recognizing an artist’s performance in new or unusual repertoire.
David Ronis ( Comparison of Dramatic Coaching Techniques) is the co-director of the Queens College
Opera Studio. His 2009 production of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo tied for first place in its category of the
National Opera Association’s Opera Production competition. He has sung over 50 operatic roles in the
U.S., Europe, and Asia, and toured nationally in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Buck Ross (Comparison of Dramatic Coaching Techniques) is the founder and director of the Moores
Opera Center at the University of Houston, one of the largest university opera production programs in the
country. Particularly noted for his work in contemporary opera, this spring he will direct Daniel Catán’s Il
Postino.
Mitra Sadeghpour (New Ideas in Opera Outreach) is the Director of Opera and teaches voice at the
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She has recently directed Albert Herring, The Merry Widow, Dido and
Aeneas, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi and will direct The Magic Flute in February. A native of Iowa,
she holds the doctorate in music from Indiana University.
Kirk Severtson (Piano Round Table Discussion, Vocal Coaching and Operatic Collaborative Piano) is a
vocal coach and music director of opera at The Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. He is on the
music staff of Lake George Opera (NY) and has previously coached at Opera North, the Opera Theater of
Lucca (Italy), the Rising Star Singers festival, and Dorian Opera Theatre, among others. He is a graduate
of Luther College and holds graduate degrees in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati,
College-Conservatory of Music.
Jason Smith (Artist Division Preliminary Judges for Vocal Competition) is currently staff
coach/accompanist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Previous to this position he was
Principal Coach for the Fort Worth Opera where his duties include being rehearsal accompanist for main
stage productions as well as touring across the state of Texas with Children's Opera Theater. Mr. Smith
received a Master of Music degree in Opera Coaching from Florida State University after completing a
Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance from the University of Utah. Other experience includes
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work as an apprentice coach/accompanist for Utah Opera. Mr. Smith has also been on faculty at the
Seagle Music Colony for seven seasons.
Damon Stevens (Poster Session) is Director of Nevada Chamber Opera for the University of Nevada,
Reno. He frequently directs the music for UNR's Nevada Repertory Company. Dr. Stevens earned his
Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University, and his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical
Arts degrees from the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. He has performed both
as soloist and collaborative pianist throughout the United States, Germany, and Poland in such diverse
venues as radio, television, and concert halls. Dr. Stevens also serves as Chorus Master and Director of
Education for Nevada Opera.
Kumiko Shimizu (Piano Round Table Discussion, Vocal Coaching and Operatic Collaborative Piano),
assistant professor of music and accompanist at Delta State University, has played for Eugene Opera,
Lake George Opera, Natchez Opera Festival, Opera Idaho, Rimrock Opera, and the Mississippi District
Metropolitan Opera Auditions.
George Shirley, (Strategies for Casting in an Increasingly Visual Era) one of America's most versatile
tenors, is in demand nationally and internationally as performer, teacher, lecturer, and adjudicator. As a
performer he has performed more than 80 operatic roles to international acclaim with the Metropolitan
Opera, Royal Opera Deutsche Oper, Teatro Colòn, Netherlands Opera, New York City Opera, Scottish
Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera, Michigan Opera Theater,
Glyndebourne Festival, and Santa Fe Opera. Mr. Shirley began his academic career as Professor of Voice
at the University of Maryland where he was subsequently selected one of the university’s Distinguished
Scholar-Teachers He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music where he was
named The Joseph Edgar Maddy Distinguished University Professor of Music., and was appointed
director of the vocal arts division of the School of Music.
Damon Stevens (Poster Session) is Director of Nevada Chamber Opera for the University of Nevada,
Reno. Since joining UNR’s faculty in 2003, he has directed musically numerous opera productions as well
as the opera scenes courses. In addition, Dr. Stevens frequently directs the music for UNR's Nevada
Repertory Company.In addition to directing the opera program, Dr. Stevens teaches private piano
lessons, group piano classes, and coaches voice. He has performed both as soloist and collaborative
pianist throughout the United States, Germany, and Poland in such diverse venues as radio, television,
and concert halls. Dr. Stevens also serves as Chorus Master and Director of Education for Nevada Opera.
Mezzo-soprano Emily Toronto (Poster Session), Associate Professor of Music and Director of Opera at
South Dakota State University, received her Master of Music degree and Doctor of Musical Arts degree
in Voice Performance from the University of Michigan, and has performed nationally with such
companies as Michigan Opera Theatre, Toledo Opera, Michigan Opera Works, and the Ann Arbor
Festival of Song. She is founding member and Artistic Co-Director of Heartland Opera Troupe, is active in
bringing opera to young audiences and has performed over seventy-five presentations of operas for
children in schools throughout South Dakota, Ohio and Michigan.She currently serves as the District
Governor for South Dakota for the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Bruce Trinkley, (Composer, St. Thomas the Carpenter,) is Professor Emeritus of Music at Penn State
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University where he taught composition, orchestration and opera literature and conducted the Penn
State Glee Club for thirty-five years. He received degrees in composition from Columbia University
where he studied with Otto Luening, Jack Beeson and Charles Wuorinen. His concert works include
Santa Rosalia, (a cantata filmed for PBS), Mountain Laurels, (a choral symphony written for the
centenary of State College, Pennsylvania with texts by central Pennsylvania poets), and Cold Mountain,
(a piano trio commissioned by the Castalia Trio for their concert tour of China). York: the Voice of
Freedom, a full-length opera about the life of the only African American on the Lewis and Clark
Expedition, was filmed by WPSX for broadcast on PBS stations.
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios, (Blood and Guts of Opera, Cabaret) is Professor Emerita at American
University where she taught voice, pedagogy and headed the music and opera program for 35 years.
She is also the Associate Director of the Crittenden Opera Workshop. Well known as an interpreter of
new music, she has given recitals throughout the United States, South America, Scandinavia, Japan and
Europe, and is known for her master classes and lectures across the country. She is the artistic director
and founder of the Redwoods Opera in Mendocino, California, and has voice studios in Washington,
D.C., New York City and Boston. She currently serves as president of NOA.
Dr. Mary Carol Warwick (Opera for Young Audiences) is the protege of opera composer Carlisle Floyd.
Her commissioned works include operas for Houston Grand Opera (Princess and the Pea, The Emperor’s
New Clothes, The Velveteen Rabbit, and the bi-lingual Cinderella in Spain), as well as chamber works for
Houston Symphony Orchestra and a commission from NASA for a wake-up call for the Space Shuttle
Mission STS-33. Numerous awards include grants from Opera New World, a Challenge Grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts, and the Mayorʼs Proud Partner Award from the city of Houston for
her environmental musical, Celebrate the Earth. She is currently head of the music department at the
Houston Community Collegeʼs Central Campus.
Maurice Wheeler (Poster Session) is Associate Professor of Library and Information Sciences at the
University of North Texas - College of Information. He has earned degrees in voice performance from
Shorter College and the University of Michigan, and degrees in Library and Information Sciences from
the University of Michigan and University of Pittsburgh. His career has included positions as music
curator, music librarian and Director of the Detroit Public Library. He is an active consultant on
management, organizational development and diversity, and is a member of the American Library
Association, the College Music Society and the Music Library Association.
Kimberley D. Wolfenbarger-Nakamoto (Children’s Opera in Action) is an active voice teacher whose
studio recently collaborated with the La Fe Cultural & Technology Center on Hansel and Gretel as a part
of an initiative to revitalize the arts in El Paso’s Segundo Barrio. Kimberley received the Spokane Allied
Arts Gold Medal for Classical Solo & Silver Medal for Musical Theatre Solo, as well as the El Paso Opera
Scholarship. Performance credits include, Countess Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Julie Jordan in
Carousel and Magnolia Ravenal in Showboat. She is a veteran of the El Paso Opera production team.
Currently, she serves as the co-chair of the National Opera Association Children’s Opera Project and
Artistic Director of theYouth Opera of El Paso. Kimberley is an active member of NATS & TMEA.
Copeland Woodruff (Comparison of Dramatic Coaching Techniques) is the Opera Stage Director for the
University of Memphis. He has been on the directing staffs of the New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera,
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Chautauqua Opera, Michigan Opera Theatre and on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Oberlin
Conservatory, Academy of Vocal Arts, and Temple University. He is highly sought after as a teacher of
the singing actor and has been a director and acting coach for the Harrower Opera Workshop for the
past twelve years. He recently joined the staff of La Musica Lirica. Copeland is a member of the
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA), Actors' Equity Association (AEA) and is on the board of NOA.
Darren K. Woods, (Key Note Speaker, Strategies for Casting in an Increasingly Visual Era, The Opera
Company and Opera Studio Audition) the General Director of the Fort Worth Opera, and Artistic
Director of the Seagle Music Colony, was formerly the General Director of the Shreveport Opera in
Louisiana, where he founded Shreveport Opera Express, a touring arts in education program.. Mr.
Woods is a frequent vocal competition judge, serving as a panel judge for the Richard Tucker
Foundation, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the Lieber Competition, the Denver
Opera Guild Competition, and the Dallas Opera Guild Competition. He performed as a professional
operatic tenor prior to beginning his management positions in such venues as: The New York City
Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Washington Opera, L’Opera Madrid, Opera Trieste, Seattle Opera, the Dallas
Opera, Baltimore Opera, and the Santa Fe Opera.
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NOTES
NOA Officers, Directors, and Governors
OFFICERS
President Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios President Elect Julia Aubrey Vice President, Programs Gordon Ostrowski Vice President, Regions David Holley Recording Secretary Carol Notestine Treasurer Philip Hagemann Immediate Past President John Pfautz Editor, Opera Journal Robert Thieme Editor, NOA Notes Kathleen Roland Silverstein Executive Director Robert Hansen
DIRECTORS
Anne Basinski Reginald Pittman Ruth Dobson Kirk Severtson Louise Lofquist Brian Staufenbiel Barbara Hill Moore Jacque Trussel Carol Ann Modesitt Kenneth Wood Michael Penny Copeland Woodruff
GOVERNORS
Phillip Collister Mid-Atlantic Region Daniel Washington Midwest Region Curtis Rayam Southeast Region Kathleen Roland Silverstein Southwest Region Barbara Hill Moore South Central Region Reginald Pittman North Central Region Ruth Dobson Northwest Region Mary Kay McGarvey Northeast Region Steven Henrikson Canada/ International Region Carol Ann Modesitt West Central Region